I had a hard drive that would not spin up to boot. It simply would
not power on. I iced it in a freezer for a few hours - voila! The
drive now boots and runs.
Of course I intend to pull the data I wanted on it, and I will scrap
the drive. Nice trick.
> Just reporting -
>
> I had a hard drive that would not spin up to boot. It simply would
> not power on. I iced it in a freezer for a few hours - voila! The
> drive now boots and runs.
>
> Of course I intend to pull the data I wanted on it, and I will scrap
> the drive. Nice trick.
>
> -GECKO
Did you start it up cold or allow the drive to warm up first?
"gecko" <alpha@olympus.net> schreef in bericht
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> Just reporting -
>
> I had a hard drive that would not spin up to boot. It simply would
> not power on. I iced it in a freezer for a few hours - voila! The
> drive now boots and runs.
>
> Of course I intend to pull the data I wanted on it, and I will scrap
> the drive. Nice trick.
>
> -GECKO
The same is true for badly readable cd's.
Have rescued a few MB's using this trick.
"Calab" <myspam@csd.ca> wrote in message
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> "gecko" <alpha@olympus.net> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 15:36:52 +0200, "Marcel Overweel"
>> <moverweel@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>The same is true for badly readable cd's.
>>>Have rescued a few MB's using this trick.
>
>> I hadn't thought of that. I do have a couple of CDs and DVDs that
>> don't read.
>
> I use the same trick to make my paycheque go further!
>The same is true for badly readable cd's.
>Have rescued a few MB's using this trick.
>
>Cheers!
>Marcel
>
Well, sorry to say, but today I tried the hard drive again and it
failed. I tried to freezer trick, but it did not make the drive work
this time. So I guess it was a one-time fluke that the drive worked
after I put it in the freezer. Still something to try next time.
Cheers.
-GECKO
The problem is you left warm up too long........1 to 2 hours then hook it up
and take data off right away..
because it will never work again...as you found out.
peter
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"gecko" <alpha@olympus.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 15:36:52 +0200, "Marcel Overweel"
> <moverweel@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>
>>The same is true for badly readable cd's.
>>Have rescued a few MB's using this trick.
>>
>>Cheers!
>>Marcel
>>
> Well, sorry to say, but today I tried the hard drive again and it
> failed. I tried to freezer trick, but it did not make the drive work
> this time. So I guess it was a one-time fluke that the drive worked
> after I put it in the freezer. Still something to try next time.
> Cheers.
> -GECKO
On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:40:31 GMT, "peter" <peterk@nowhere.net> wrote:
>The problem is you left warm up too long........1 to 2 hours then hook it up
>and take data off right away..
>because it will never work again...as you found out.
>
>peter
I tried it again - your way. Still failed last night and again this
morning. Thank God I was thinking enough when it worked that one time
to pull of the files I wanted. Now I can stop playing with the drive.
Thanks for responses all.
Hard Drive In Freezer 
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